Police Blotter: Man Mistakenly Reports Seeing Dead Body

Man Mistakenly Reports Seeing Friend's Body In Backyard

A 20-year-old Fairview Park man woke up a Clauge Road house by pounding on the door at about 2 a.m. Nov. 30. The man claimed he had seen the body of his friend in a backyard nearby. 

After searching the area, police arrested the man for disorderly conduct intoxicated and underage consumption. Officers tracked down the friend, who was very much alive, at about 5 a.m. with the help of Lakewood, Fairview Park and North Olmsted police. The friend is the man's former roommate who had kicked him out because of his drug use. 

Westlake police released him at 3 p.m. to the Fairview Park Police Department on a breaking and entering warrant

X Box Stolen From Detroit Road

A $399 XBox was stolen fom a Detroit Road store at about 4:15 p.m. Nov. 29. Store employees saw the suspect get into a green Ford, but could not get the license plate number. The owner of the car, a Cleveland woman, told police that her 26-year-old husband had been using the car. She also told them that she had kicked her husband out of their apartment the next day after confronting him about his drug use. Police continue to investigate.